I had the timing belt, water pump, tensioner replaced because the engine had 100,000 mi. I heard a whine that had not been there before and questioned the mechanic.. The mechanic said the whine was there because he set the timing belt tight and that it would loosen up, break-in, in a short time. 10,000 mi. have gone by and it's still there. Comments please.

 

be for my frist jdm h22 was sawped from my friends wrecked car i bought from him into my prelude. it made a wineing nose. i had the balance shafts removed and blocked off the space where they ued to be when i had the motor swaped from my new wrecked car into my good car ta daaaaah the wineing went away.

maybe try replaceing or removeing ur balance shafts. thats where my noise came form

 

my timing belt whined pretty loud for months after i replaced it, but it turned out fine. i wouldnt worry about it.
either that, the guy installed a supercharger and didnt tell you!!

 

If it's whining, the belt is too tight. What engine is this?

 

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I've seen this happen to a few people before, I'm going to guess you've got an H23 for F22, tell him to loosen it up some and that should fix the problem

 

the belt is too tight. also have him adjust the valves

 

I just did pretty much the same to my lude and I took it back to my mechanic too, and he said the same thing. B/c the belt will loosen up some, so that muthaf***a is tight!! But yea, don't worry,, just enjoy the sound!

 

Mine whined for about 10-15k before the whine went away. The belt only lasted about 80k, but that's with a Crower valve train, which will put a lot more stress on the belt. And, I never adjusted it, with a manual tensioner. Got to keep up on that . You'll be fine.